Battle Hymns MMXI is a studio album released by the American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Manowar in November 2010. It's a re-recording of their debut album Battle Hymns

Battle Hymns (Manowar album)

Battle Hymns is the 1982 heavy metal debut album by Manowar.- Track listing :# "Death Tone" – 4:48# "Metal Daze" – 4:18# "Fast Taker" – 3:56# "Shell Shock" – 4:04...

 from 1982. It features the British actor Sir Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

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 as narrator and the original Manowar drummer Donnie Hamzik. The songs had little changes from the originals, except that they are "louder and stronger". Some of them are extended versions of the originals and all are made with the help of modern technology, that wasn't available when the original album was released. In support of the album the band started their Battle Hymns Tour.

Track listing

1. "Death Tone" (Ross the Boss, Joey DeMaio
   Joey DeMaio
   Joey DeMaio is an American bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he co-founded in 1980. He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music....
   
   ) – 5:56
2. "Metal Daze" (DeMaio) – 4:32
3. "Fast Taker" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 4:06
4. "Shell Shock" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 4:12
5. "Manowar" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 4:00
6. "Dark Avenger" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 6:23
7. "William's Tale" (DeMaio, Gioachino Rossini) – 1:51
8. "Battle Hymn" (Ross the Boss, DeMaio) – 9:22
9. "Fast Taker" Live 1982 (Bonus track) - 3:54
10. "Death Tone" Live 1982 (Bonus track) - 4:57
11. "Call To Arms" (Recorded Live at O2 Academy in Birmingham, England, March 27, 2011) *
12. "Hand Of Doom" (Recorded Live at La Riviera in Madrid, Spain, April 10, 2011) *
13. "House Of Death" (Recorded Live at O2 Academy in Birmingham, England, March 27, 2011) *
14. "Thunder In The Sky" (Recorded Live at Campo Pequeno in Lisbon, Portugal, April 2, 2011) *

• The last four tracks only feature on a special edition of the album released on July 26th, 2011. This version of the album was only available as part of the "MANOWAR Battle Pack UK", which also includes Metal Hammer
  Metal Hammer
  Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
  
  's 25th Anniversary Special Manowar Edition, featuring the full story behind this new CD.

Personnel

• Eric Adams
  Eric Adams (singer)
  Eric Adams has been the singer of the heavy metal band Manowar since 1980. Before he became the band's singer in 1980, he had sung for a group, called LOOKS. In the band was also future Manowar bassist and childhood friend, Joey DeMaio.-Early life:Eric Adams was born on 12 July 1954, in Auburn,...
  
   - vocals
• Karl Logan
  Karl Logan
  Karl Logan is the guitarist of the heavy metal band Manowar.Logan joined Manowar in 1994, after local band gigs in northeastern Pennsylvania with Arc Angel and Fallen Angel featuring Ed Collins .He graduated Lakeland High School near Clifford, Pa. in 1982...
  
   - guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Joey DeMaio
  Joey DeMaio
  Joey DeMaio is an American bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he co-founded in 1980. He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music....
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Donnie Hamzik - drums
  Drum kit
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